End-gate for wagons.



No. 797,995. v PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.

P. WALKER & R. R. TIGHENOR.

END GATE FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED 1YOV.15, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PHILETUS l/VALKER, OF WADENA, AND ROBERT R. TICHENOR, OFFEELEY, MINNESOTA.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PI-IILETUS WALKER, of WVadena, VVadcna county, andROBERT R. TICHENOR, of Feeley, Itasca county, Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in End-Grates for Wagons, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in end-gates to be used on farm orother draft wagons; and it consists generally in the construction andcombination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 is anend elevation of a wagon-body with our improved gate applied thereto.Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line a: of Fig.1 Fig. 3 is a partialplan of the wagon-body shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an inside end elevation of a portion of the side of thewagon-body. Fig. 5 is a horizontal detail section. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, andare details.

In the drawings, 2 represents the sides of the wagon-body, which may beconstructed of any convenient width. A top box 4 is arranged to restupon the sides 2. This top box may be used whenever it is desired to usea wagon having a larger body than is pro vided by the sides.

An angle-plate 8 is secured to the inside of each of the side-boards 2at or near its extremity. These plates are preferably made of metal andare provided with the openings 10. The rear of the plates is roughened,as shown in Fig. 7.

A plate 12 is secured to the inside of the top box and is arranged to bevertically in line with the plate 8 when the top box is in position uponthe body of the wagon. An opening 14 is preferably formed in this platenear the top of the plate substantially similar to the openings 10 inthe plate 8, though it may be shorter than those openings.

The plate 12 is provided with a dowel or projecting finger 16, whichpreferably projects downward upon the inside of the sideboard 2 and isreceived in sockets 18 upon the plate 8 for the purpose of securing thetwo sections together.

An end-gate 20 of substantially the same width as the side-boards 2 isprovided.

We also provide an additional section 22 of the width of the side piecesof the top box.

The two sections when placed together will form an end-gate whichwillfill the opening at the end of the wagon to the top of the top box.

One end of each of the sections 20 and 22 is provided with two or morehook-shaped lugs 23, which are adapted to engage the openings 10 and 14in-the irons 8 and 12. The other end of the section 22 is provided witha swinging bail-shaped lever 25, which is provided at its ends with thehooks 27. The lever 25 is fulcrumed upon the casting 29, which extendsacross the end of the section.

The end of the lever 25 is provided with a projecting end 31, and apivoted arm 33 is arranged upon the section of the end-gate and isadapted to engage this end of the lever. This section of the end-gate isput in place by inserting the hooks 23 at one end in the openings 10 inthe irons 8 and then inserting the hooks 27 in the openings 10 in theiron 8 at theother end of the body. The lever is then turned backagainst this section of the endgate and secured there by the pivoted arm33.

The other section of the end-gate is provided with hooks 35 at one endand with a casting 37 at the other. Upon the casting 37 are the lugs 39.A lever 41 is pivotally secured upon the lugs, being connected therewithby the links 43. The lever 41 is provided also with hook-shaped ends 45,which are adapted to engage the openings in the irons 8 and 12. The endsof the lever 41 are corrugated or roughened on their inner surface, andthe corrugated ends come against the roughened inner surfaces of theirons 8, and thereby keep the end-gate from slipping vertically on theseirons.

With this device thus constructed the endgate 20 may, if preferred, beput in place close to the bottom of the body when the section 22 is notused or at a short distance above it. The lever 41 may be locked bymeans of a pivoted arm 47, secured upon the end-gate.

By this construction we are enabled to hold the sides of the bodytogether without the use of cross-rods.

The lower section 22 of the end-gate may be inserted or removed withoutdisturbing the other section, and that section will not slip down whenthe lower one is removed owing to the engagement of the roughened endsof its lever with the roughened parts of the irons 8. The upper section,it will be seen, engages both the side-boards 2 and the.

top box 4. It therefore not only holds the sides and the top box fromspreading, but it also locks the top box upon the side-boards.

The bottom of the body is supported upon the sides by means of the bolts51, which pass through the lugs 53 at the lower end of the plates 8,thus dispensing with the iron strap ordinarily used.

We claim as our invention 1. In a wagon,the combination with thesideboards 2 and the narrower top box 4, of the end-gate formed in twosections 20 and 22, one of said sections being provided at one end witha locking device arranged to engage with the top box and theside-boards, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a wagon having sideboards 2 and extension-boards40f a less width than said side-boards of the end-board 20 having awidth equal to that of the side-boards 2 and the end-board 22 of a widthequal to that of the extension-boards 4, one end of said board 20 beingprovided with projecting hooks 23, adapted to enter slots 10 in the sideboard 2 and the opening 14 in the extensionboards 4, the other endprovided with movable hooks adapted to enter similar slots 10 in theside-board 2 and opening 14 in the extension-board 4, said hooks beingadapted to be locked in position when so entered,where by theside-boards and extension-boards are severally locked to the end-board.

3. The combination in a wagon of the sideboards 2 and extension-boards4, angle-irons 8 with roughened inner sides and having slots 10 andangle-irons 12 having opening 14, endboards 20 and 22 provided with theprojecting hooks '23 and the levers 25 and 41, said lever 41 beingprovided with a hook end roughened and pivotally connected to swing-.

